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In 1907, the city of San Francisco wanted to flood the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park by creating a dam to provide water to their city’s increasing population and support urban reform after the devastating 1906 earthquake. John Muir, a leader of environmental preservation activists, was enraged that they would taint this beautiful creation of God with 170 feet of water. He published...

Everyday, people take their morning jogs and overlook the countless trees, rock formations and other scenic landscapes they pass by. John Muir during the early twentieth century admired the scenes that nature provides us all, especially around the Hetch Hetchy Valley in California. At the same time, talk of damming the Hetch Hetchy Valley to create a reservoir for San Francisco residents was...

Lake Martin, located in Central Alabama, was the largest manmade lake in the world at the time of its construction. The 25,000-acre lake was formed by Martin Dam, which was built by Alabama Power in 1923. Project designers promoted the construction of Martin Dam by describing its benefits to both agricultural producers and local residents. Among those benefits was the claim that the presence of...